Bed-bottom support.



A. WHEATLEY.

BED vBOTTOM SUPPORT.I APPLacATloN FILED MAR. 31, 191e.

L. Patented Feb. 5,1918.

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ARTHUR WHEATLEY, 0F ZPHILADELEHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

BED-BOTTOM SUPPORT.

Patented Feb.. 5, 191e.

Application led March 31, 1916. Serial No. 87,889.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WHEATLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bed-Bottom Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of means for supporting a bed bottom on the frame of a bedstead, the same embodying angle bars with which said bottom may be connected, channeled beams to which said bars may be itted, said beams being adapted to be supported adjustably on the frame of the bedstead, and stretchers adapted to be connected with said bars for adjusting the latter in position on said frame and imparting to the bed bottom its proper tautness, and taking up the sag as occasioned while the bed bottom has its frame proper braced and rendered stiff, strong and durable, details being also provided as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, as long as they are included in the scope of the claims.

Y Figure 1 represents a top or plan view, partly broken away of a bed bottom support embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of one of the channeled beams employed.

Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of an angular bar, and a clamp for the bed bottom employed.

Y Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section of a member of one of the stretchers employed.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the side rails of a bed frame or the frame of a bedstead of known construction. 2 designates cross beams in which are vertical channels 3 which extend in the longitudinal direction thereof, said beams having on their ends the inturned recesses 4, which are adapted to` be fitted over the side rails 1, and thus support said beams 2 `in the transverse direction of the bedstead, admitting also of moving said beams on said rails for the purposes of adjustment in directions to and from the head and foot boards of the bedstead, adjacent to which boards said cro beams 2 are placed on the bed frame.

5 designates a bed bottom formed of wire or other suitable material, preferably 0f the order of a spring bed bottom. 6 designates clamps which are of U-shape in lateral direction, the limbs of said clamps receiving within them the bent ends of said bed bottom 5 to which they are secured firmly in any suitable manner.

designates angular bars, the horizontal llmbs 8 of which are adapted to enter the clamps 6, and the bent ends of the bed bottom therein, as most plainly shown in Fig. 2, thus connecting said bed bottom with said clamps, the latter being secured to said hori zontal limbs 8 in any desirable manner.

The vertical limbs 9 of the angular bars 7 are seated in the channels 3 of said beams 2, whereby said bars 7 are supported on said beams and held thereon, and as the beams are supported on the bed frame as has been stated, the bed bottom is sustained indirectly on said frame.

ln order, however, to prevent the beams and angle bars from changing their adj'usted positions on the bed frame and to im part proper tension or strain to said bed bottom, I employ the stretchers l0, each of which is connected with the opposite angle bars 7 and consist each of the longitudinally extending rod l1 and the branches 12 on the terminals thereof. One of said branches is connected with the adjacentend of the rod 11 by means of the screw 13, one end of which is firmly connected with the interior of the coupling 14, while the other end freely and movably enters the adjacent terminal of the rod 11,so as to be slidable therein. On said screw is the nut 15 which bears against the adjacent end of the rod 11 and to which when rotated is adapted to move the branch 12 from the rod 11, in order to hold the angle bars 7 firmly in their adjusted position and form a braced structure of said angle bars and the stretchers 10, and impart the proper strain or tension and tautness to the bed bottom, and take up the sagging thereof, when occasionedu In order to connect the branches 12 'with the angle bars, I employ the bolts 16 which are passed through openings 17 in the ver tical limbs 9 of said bars, so that their heads 18 rest on the outer sides of the limbs 9 about the openings 17. The Shanks of said bolts are passed through and so inclosed by sleeves 19 which are interposed between the inner sides of said limbs 9, and the couplings 14, and 'the threaded ends of said Shanks are screwed into said couplings as most plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, While the outer ends of said sleeves Which act as shoulders contact with the adjacent sides of the limbs 9, so that the heads 1S of said bolts, and said ends or shoulders of the sleeves are on opposite sides of said limbs and clamptightly the latter, thus making a strong structure of said branches, and likewise a strong connection of the branches With the angle bars '7, said branches spreading on theangle bars, and so 'holding the latter at different places thereof. l

The angle bars are formed in separate sections, while the bed bottom extends over adjacent sections, so that when the angle bars are removed from the channeledbeams, the bed bottom may be bent over, and this with its connections may be folded' centrally on the dotted line Fig. l, the sections of' the angle bars being placed one on the other for convenience of handling, storage, packing and transportation, as is evident.

The angular bars 7 are sectionsas shown in Figs. l and 4. Their horizontal limbs 8 occupy the clamps 6 and their vertical limbs 9 occupy the beams 2, which latter are connected with and supported on the side rails l.

The bed bottom is continuous over the sec'- tionsv of the bars 7. Vhen the lattery are removed from the clamps 6, said bottom may be folded with said sections on the dotted line, all as stated above.

The sections 9 are held apart at the head and foot of the bedstead by the stretchers 16, so the dotted line does not apply to the former.

, Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bed bottom support, an angular bar over Whose horizontal limb the end portion of' the bottom is fitted, and a beam adapted to be sustained on a bed trame 'and having a longitudinally-ex'tending channel therein andopening upwardly, the `channel of said beam Y beingv adapted to receive the vertical limb 'of said angular bar.

Q 'In a'bed bottom support, a sectional angular bar over whosehori'zontal limbsthe end'portionof `the bottom is fitted, and a beam adapted to be sustained on a bed frame andhaving a longitudinallyfextending ychannel therein and opening upwardly, thel chancbies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. C.

nel of said beam being adapted receive the vertical limb of said angular bar, and a.

the vertical limbs of said bar being seated in the channel of said'beam, andV means V:tor holding'the angular bar in proper position. l. In a bed bottom, an angular barA over whose horizontal limbs the Vend portion of the bottom is titted, and a beam adapted to be sustained on a bed frame and having a longitudinally4extending channel 'therein open at top,the channel of said beambeing adapted to receive the vertical limb of said angular bar, and a stretcher connectible with the vertical limb of said angular bar.Y

5. In a bed bottom support, an,angular bar with which said bottom is connected, an adjustable supporting beam Vfor said bar,

said beam being adapted to be sustained on a bed frame, and a 'stretcher adapted to control said bar and consequently said beam in their adjustedy positions,said stretcher having a branch formed of a bolt, a coupling intermediate of vsaid branch and stretcher, said bolt being` fitted to said coupling and having its head'connect'ed' with Va limb of said bar, anda sleeve onsaid-bar intermediate of said lcoupling and limb.

6. In a bed bottom support, an angular bar with `Which saidbottom is connected,'an adjustable supportingbeam o'rsaid bar, said beam being adapted to be sustained on a bed. frame, and a stretcher adapted to control said bar and consequentlysaid'beam in their adjusted positions, saidV stretcher having a branch ormedof a boltfa coupling intermediate of said branch and stretcher, said bolt being fitted to said coupling and having its' head connectedl with l"a limb of said bar,'andla sleeve'fon saidloary inter-me diateof said coupling and'linib, said termi nal of said'stfretcher having'thereon'a head and shoulder members which engage tightly opposite sides of said vertical VlimbiVY j,

Y .ARTI-IER WHETLEY.'

Witnessesi j j JOHN A. Wrnnnnsmxm* N. BUssiNeuR.

the Commissioner o1 Patente,"

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